And instead politicians decide to tax the successful mode of transportation, which is cars. Note that given the density and NY gas taxes, it is a certainty that cars in this area generate surplus cash.
Meanwhile public transit: https://www.apta.com/research-technical-resources/research-r...
> The true scale of social costs is rarely considered…
Yep, that is pretty much what I was expecting. Some hand waving and lecturing about qualitative, subjective externalities.
This is social commentary and opinion pretending to be science.
[0] https://www.curbed.com/2023/04/its-already-been-a-deadly-yea....
[1] https://wherewelive.cityofnewyork.us/explore-data/housing-co...
The discomfort and cost of public transportation would be at least somewhat tolerable if there was anywhere near as much of an emphasis on timeliness as there is in, say, Japan. As it stands though, the public transport is the one thing I miss least and hate most about the city.
just to add some real numbers, we can look at the actual NYC subway data from MTA's march 2023 report[0] page 12:
* ~3.7m subway riders in march 2023
* 84.7% of riders arrived at their destinations within 5min of schedule
* 83.3% weekday on-time performance
* 85.6% weekend on-time performance
And for family groups the public transport is more expensive, even when including parking (or paying an Uber).